Q 01/05

How many Ming and Qing emperors lived in the Forbidden City?

A) 24

B) 20

C) 12

D) 16

Answer · why

A) 24

That is 14 Ming emperors and 10 Qing.

Q 02/05

In which year was construction of the Forbidden City completed?

A) 1500

B) 1450

C) 1420

D) 1644

Answer · why

C) 1420

Work had begun in 1406 and took 14 years and a vast workforce.

Q 03/05

Which Ming emperor moved the capital from Nanjing to Beijing and began building the Forbidden City?

A) Yongle

B) Wanli

C) Hongwu

D) Kangxi

Answer · why

A) Yongle

He was Zhu Di, son of the dynasty's founder.

Q 04/05

Roughly how many workers were needed to build the Forbidden City?

A) Around 100,000

B) More than a million

C) About 10,000

D) About 50,000

Answer · why

B) More than a million

They used whole logs of precious nanmu wood from south-western jungles and marble from quarries near Beijing.

Q 05/05

The 'golden bricks' paving the floors of the major halls were specially baked in which city?

A) Hangzhou

B) Nanjing

C) Suzhou

D) Jingdezhen

Answer · why

C) Suzhou

The name is 'jinzhuan' in Chinese; the wood came from the jungles of the south-west.